Overlooked No More: The life of this Harlem Renaissance star was shrouded in tragedy. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/o...#Life#History#NYC#NewYork#NewYorkCity#Harlem#HarlemRenaissance#GwendolynBennett
She was a talented young poet and artist who was central to a fledgling cultural movement, but her life was shrouded by one tragedy after another.
"'I can speak firsthand how important these books are,' [Anais Lee] said, noting that one of her favorite books, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, was a book she’d read during class." #censorship#harlemrenaissance#kidlit#requiredreading 2/3
Today is #American#HarlemRenaissance#JamesBaldwinwww.harlemworldmagazine.com/new-york-pub...
To celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of writer, activist, public intellectual, and beloved library patron James Baldwin. The New York
Day 2. Harlem Renaissance. My robots are embracing the jazz era. #harlemrenaissance#Eras#SimpleDailyDrawing#DrawingPrompts#July2024#Robots#frumpysketch
"[U]nder the Dewey system, American history was organized largely around wars and presidencies. But Porter rethought that approach, replacing Andrew Johnson’s presidency into 'emancipation,' Rutherford B. Hayes as 'Ku Klux Klan,' and so on." #harlemrenaissance#publiclibraries#librariansrock 4/4
"I wasn't really naked. I simply didn't have any clothes on." — Josephine Baker, born on this day in 1906 #HarlemRenaissance
"I'm a writer. I don't cook and I don't clean." — Dorothy West, born on this day in 1907 #HarlemRenaissance
"If I am going to be a poet at all, I am going to be POET and not NEGRO POET." — Countee Cullen, born on this day in 1903 #HarlemRenaissance
From 'Smoke, Lilies and Jade', by Richard Bruce Nugent, 1926. #modernism#richardbrucenugent#avantgarde#smokeliliesandjade#harlemrenaissance#lit
